Definition of "holometabolous" [holometabolous]

• Pertaining to, or undergoing, holometabolism (adjective)

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• "Development can be ametabolous, paurometabolous, or holometabolous."
• "Coleopterans are holometabolous group, meaning that its members all transform from larvae to adults via a pupal stage."
• ""The honeybee immune system, like other species of holometabolous insects, depends on two main categories of defense reactions: the cell-mediated responses such as phagocytosis and encapsulation of foreign objects, and cell-free defense mechanisms represented by the anti-microbial immune proteins" (Response of the Apoidea to fungal infections by Glinski and Buczek - PDF format)."